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|   Camouflaged Cannons-Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Marietta
in U.S. Civil War Sites Tennessee cannoneers positioned two 12-pounder howitzers within this redoubt. Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham ordered these artillery crews to camouflage the earthen mounds with cut underbrush and to hold their fire unless attacked. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/24/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Historic Earthworks-Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Marietta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites The mounds are the remains of earthworks defended by the Confederate Army of Tennessee. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/24/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| Field Fortifications-Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Marietta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Confederate engineers and work crews started digging earthworks around Kennesaw Mountain a few days before their army fell back to this position on June 19. For the next week Southern soldiers improved their earthwork defenses despite constant rain. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/25/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
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| A Humanitarian Act Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Marietta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites After each Union assault on June 27, hundreds of casualties were left between the lines. By afternoon, wounded Union soldiers lying helpless near here faced a new danger; flames, started by the battle’s gunfire, crept steadily toward them. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/24/2020 last visited: 10/31/2022 |
 view galleryN0.8 km | Interlocking Defenses-Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield - Marietta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites This artillery redoubt protected part of Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne’s Confederate division. From here Southern trenches zigzagged to the left and right for miles, with cannon batteries placed at key positions. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/24/2020 last visited: 10/31/2022 |
 view galleryNW1.3 km |  Federal, Confederate Lines, June 22, 27 1864 - Marietta, GA
in Battlefields Part of the Kennesaw Mountains Battle, called Battle of Kolb's Farm posted by:  YoSam. location: Georgia date approved: 12/14/2022 last visited: never |
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| Battle of Kolb’s Farm - Marietta GA in Battlefields The Battle of Kolb's Farm (June 22, 1864) saw a Confederate corps under Lieutenant General John B. Hood attack parts of two Union corps under Major Generals Joseph Hooker and John Schofield. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/17/2022 last visited: 09/16/2022 |
 view galleryS2.9 km | Battle of Kolb's Farm - June 22, 1864 - Marietta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites On June 22, 1864, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston sent Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's 13,000 troops down Powder Springs Road to stop the Federal army's threat to his flank. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/24/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryS2.9 km | Kolb House-Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Marietta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites The only surviving structure of about a dozen farms, mills and churches existing within the park at the time of the Civil War. The house sustained light damage during the battle of Kolb’s Farm, June 22, 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/24/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
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| Kennesaw House-Symbol of Marietta's History - Marietta GA in U.S. Civil War Sites On the night of April 11, 1862, Federal agent James J. Andrews of Kentucky, civilian William H. Campbell of Ohio, and eighteen Ohio Federal soldiers dressed as civilians slept here, two others stayed nearby, but oversleep. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/25/2020 last visited: 10/01/2021 |
 view galleryNE4.7 km | Western and Atlantic Passenger Depot - Marietta, GA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The Western and Atlantic Passenger Depot is a Victorian brick structure built in 1898 on the site of the original 1840s passenger depot that was burned by Gen. William T. Sherman's troops in 1864. posted by: Lat34North location: Georgia date approved: 10/06/2007 last visited: 09/16/2022 |
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| Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta Georgia in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Marietta National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia. It encompasses 23.3 acres, and as of the end of 2006, had 18,742 interments. It is closed to new interments, and maintained by Georgia National Cemetery. posted by: GA Cacher location: Georgia date approved: 08/03/2007 last visited: 06/10/2014 |
 view galleryE5.3 km | Marietta National Cemetery - Marietta, GA in U.S. Civil War Sites Burying of the Civil War dead, and creation of a National Cemetery System because of it. posted by: YoSam. location: Georgia date approved: 04/24/2023 last visited: never |
 view galleryN5.5 km | Battle of Kennesaw Mountain - Kennesaw GA in Battlefields June 27, 1864, dawned hot and muggy. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s 100,000-man Union army faced Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s 65,000 Confederates entrenched along an eight mile front from Kennesaw Mountain south. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/18/2020 last visited: 10/17/2021 |
 view galleryN5.5 km | Clash at Kennesaw-Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Kennesaw GA in U.S. Civil War Sites June 27, 1864, dawned hot and muggy. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s 100,000-man Union army faced Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s 65,000 Confederates entrenched along an eight mile front from Kennesaw Mountain south. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 09/24/2020 last visited: 10/02/2021 |
 view galleryN5.5 km | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Kennesaw GA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites It was a swelteringly hot and clear Monday, June 27, 1864, when some of the heaviest fighting of the Atlanta Campaign occurred here. Preserved are historic earthworks, cannon emplacements and monuments. Interpreted here are the historic events where over 5,350 soldiers were killed in the battle fought here from June 19, 1864 through July 2, 1864. posted by: GA Cacher location: Georgia date approved: 07/20/2008 last visited: 04/08/2022 |
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| Green Plantation - Marietta, GA in Battlefields Today just looks like a house along side the hwy...then look a second time.... posted by: YoSam. location: Georgia date approved: 04/09/2023 last visited: 04/23/2023 |
 view galleryW6.3 km |  Green Plantation - Marietta, GA
in Field Hospitals Confederates used as a hospital during Kennesaw Mountain Campaign... posted by: YoSam. location: Georgia date approved: 06/16/2019 last visited: 04/23/2023 |
 view galleryNW6.8 km | Battle of Pine Knob- Cobb County, Georgia in Battlefields A battle in Cobb County Georiga. Located on Located on Hamilton Rd at Kennesaw Due West Rd in Kennesaw Georgia. posted by: Sprinterman location: Georgia date approved: 01/09/2008 last visited: 04/16/2008 |
 view galleryNW7.2 km | Battle of Gilgal Church-Cobb County, Georgia in Battlefields Kennesaw-Due West Rd east of Due West posted by: Sprinterman location: Georgia date approved: 01/10/2008 last visited: 03/30/2008 |
 view galleryN9.8 km | Southern Museum of Locomotive and Civil War History- Kennesaw, GA in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites With three impressive permanent collections and a membership in the prestigious Smithsonian Affiliations Program, the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History offers a wide range of exhibits, including a glimpse into the daily lives of soldiers during the Civil War; a reproduction of a turn-of-the-century locomotive factory; and an exciting depiction of the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase. posted by: GA Cacher location: Georgia date approved: 07/20/2008 last visited: 09/16/2022 |
 view galleryN9.8 km | Locomotive "General" - Kennesaw GA in U.S. Civil War Sites This tablet marks the spot at which the
LOCOMOTIVE "GENERAL" was captured by Andrews' Raiders morning of April 12th, 1862 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 09/15/2022 |
 view galleryN9.8 km | William A. Fuller - Kennesaw GA in U.S. Civil War Sites As conductor on the state - owned Western & Atlantic R.R. he led the pursuing party that, after a 90-mile chase -- in which three locomotives were used -- recaptured the locomotive General which had been seized at Big Shanty. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 10/30/2020 last visited: 09/15/2022 |
 view galleryW16.6 km | Battle of Picketts Mill - near Dallas, GA. in Battlefields Sherman lost 3000 men at Pickett's Mill on Friday, May 27, 1864. This was his worst defeat along with the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the whole campaign for Atlanta. This area was called, "The Hell Hole", by Sherman's troops. posted by: GeorgiaDawg83 location: Georgia date approved: 07/26/2008 last visited: 11/26/2011 |
 view galleryW18 km | The Battle of New Hope Church - New Hope GA in Battlefields he Battle of New Hope Church was fought on May 25 and May 26 of 1864 between Sherman's Union force and Johnston's Confederate force. posted by: GA Cacher location: Georgia date approved: 09/25/2007 last visited: 01/27/2013 |
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